Andrew Haigh

Whoever my films are about, they'll hopefully still have my sensibility, whatever that is.

— Andrew Haigh

I think there's always a conflict within me about being comfortable and secure and then being an individual and fighting for what…

— Andrew Haigh

I didn't enjoy growing up. I was lonely. That's probably my base level to feel like that.

— Andrew Haigh

My influences are all over the place. Different films have spoken to me at different times in my life, and they've helped…

— Andrew Haigh

We have a choice every day to do whatever we do, and that choice is quite scary because it could absolutely change…

— Andrew Haigh

Men are both bad and awful. And women are both bad and awful. And they can both be good and wonderful on…

— Andrew Haigh

I would certainly not support Trump in any way shape or form, but I want to have sympathy.

— Andrew Haigh

There's something about film that offers this opportunity to stick to a very, very clear single protagonist's point of view, and I…

— Andrew Haigh

For me, all you want from your actor is for them to engage on a deeply emotional level with the material. If…

— Andrew Haigh

I've traveled a fair amount around the country and visited many states. It's amazing that Oregon is so different from Idaho; even…

— Andrew Haigh

The kinds of films I like are the ones that take their time. If you reach an emotional pinnacle too early on…

— Andrew Haigh

Coming from a different perspective on a society is really interesting. I love the Paul Thomas Anderson's 'Phantom Thread,' and that's a…

— Andrew Haigh

If you don't open your eyes to other people's lives, you can't even begin to understand how the world works at all.

— Andrew Haigh

For me, it's very important that shows about gay people are messy and complicated and are truthful about what we do.

— Andrew Haigh

People have very difficult lives. We can judge them for making the wrong decisions, but if you look harder and understand that…

— Andrew Haigh

Of course everyone should have the right to get married. But I think people need to remember sometimes that we don't all…

— Andrew Haigh

My films are very everyday, and people don't always want to go to the cinema to see ordinary lives. They want to…

— Andrew Haigh

I think people have this idea that I just lived in my place in England and never left. During 'Looking,' I was…

— Andrew Haigh

The longer you get in a relationship, the harder it becomes to confront problems.

— Andrew Haigh

I was not a happy teenager in the slightest.

— Andrew Haigh

I haven't got muscles, and I don't live in West Hollywood.

— Andrew Haigh

I only want to tell films that I really feel passionate about telling.

— Andrew Haigh

Lynne Ramsay's 'Ratcatcher' blew me away when it came out. When I started making short films, I would watch that film over…

— Andrew Haigh

I think it is a burden... that we constantly realise that there isn't that much rhyme or reason to why something happens.…

— Andrew Haigh

I feel like, throughout lots of my life, especially growing up, I felt powerless.

— Andrew Haigh